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The Many Faces of the Americas
Lubbock—The Lubbock
Symphony Orchestra invites you to explore The Many Faces of the Americas on
Friday and Saturday, March 7 & 8 at 8 p.m. in the Civic
Center Theatre. This concert is sponsored by ArmTech, Bergman’s and Wells Fargo. Join the Lubbock Symphony
and explore the Americas and
their many faces, from the sensual tango of Buenos Aires
to the new and exciting sounds of New
York City! First you will hear a brand new work, Symphony, by New York composer, Mathew Fuerst--written
especially for the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. Discover the Argentine tango in
Astor Piazzolla's Bandoneón Concerto: Aconcagua featuring special guest,
Peter Soave. See how Piazzolla combines passion and virtuosity in the greatest
of all his tangos! You will also hear works of two great Mexican
composers: Silvestre Revueltas and Arturo Marquez. Revueltas’ Sensemayá is
a rhythmic and hypnotizing piece based on a poem by Nicolás Guillén, and is a
chant for taming a cobra. Next we travel back to North America with George
Gershwin's beloved tone poem, An American in Paris, set in the roaring
20's. This piece is a dizzying whirl-wind of colorful invention portraying the
experiences of an American visitor to Paris.
By day, he is filled with the excitement of the bustling urban activity, and by
night, he is drawn to the bright lights of a Jazz Club. Finally, you will hear Danzón
No. 2 by Márquez, a sexy symphonic poem that "seems to bridge the gap
from the steamy night club scenes of Godfather II to Ravel's Bolero”
and will be performed side-by-side with the Lubbock Youth Symphony. The Many Faces of the Americas is a
journey that will open your eyes to experience the unfamiliar in a familiar
place. Peter Soave is of Italian descent and was born in Detroit, Michigan. His earliest memories are of music played on an accordion, and he insists that by age three, he was certain of his life's calling. At age sixteen, Soave began to enter international accordion competitions and quickly swept first place in England, Germany, Italy, and East Germany, an unheard of feat for a virtuoso of any instrument. Deeply inspired by the music of Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla, Soave began including the indigenous bandoneón, in his performances. Mr. Soave tours extensively in Europe and the United States. His orchestral engagements include the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Phoenix and Detroit Symphonies, and the Minneapolis, Indianapolis and Ohio. Chamber Orchestras. Internationally, Mr. Soave appeared with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Puerto Rico, the San Salvador Philharmonic, the Zagreb Soloists, and the Belgrade Philharmonic. Some of the conductors with whom Mr. Soave has worked are Duilio Dobrin, Guillermo Figueroa, Neeme Jarvi, Eri Klas, James Levine, Leone Magiera, Hermann Michael, Leo Najar, and Robert Spano. Soave performed as the featured bandoneónist for the only North American appearance of the "Three Tenors" (Pavarotti, Domingo and Carreras) in 1999. His latest appearance with Mr. Pavarotti was in September 2003. His 2006 tour in Asia, including Shanghai, Beijing, Mongolia, Hanoi, Seoul, was a critical success. “Mathew Fuerst so vigorously controls his material that it never verges on the sentimental. His Clarinet Quartet…culminates in a heartfelt eight-note figure that yearns to answer Ives’ Unanswered Question.” -Alex Ross, The New Yorker. He is a recipient of two consecutive Palmer-Dixon Prizes for best composition presented by The Juilliard School, composer Mathew Fuerst has also received numerous ASCAP awards and was recently a finalist in the Whitaker Competition, presented by the American Composers Orchestra. Mr. Fuerst began piano lessons at the age of 7 with Larry Dieffenbach in Geneva, IL, and began composing three years later. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in composition from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with David Liptak, Christopher Rouse, Joseph Schwantner, Sydney Hodkinson and Augusta Read Thomas, and Alan Feinberg. He holds Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Composition from The Juilliard School, where he worked with Robert Beaser and John Corigliano. Tomasz Golka, conductor, has appeared in performances of over 100 major works with such orchestras as the Seattle, Fort Worth, Louisville, Spoleto USA, Charleston, Lansing, and Florida West Coast symphony orchestras. He has also appeared with Buffalo Philharmonic, where he replaced the ailing scheduled conductor on just a few hours notice and led the orchestra in an enthusiastically received performance. Golka is currently in his first year as Music Director of the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in violin from Rice University, where he was a violin student of Kenneth Goldsmith and Sergiu Luca. He was a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival in 2002 and has conducted in Master Classes for such distinguished conductors as Yuri Temirkanov and David Zinman.
Our Global Journeys
Series continues with The Many Faces of the Americas on March 7
& 8 and our final destination takes you to Bohemia where you will hear will be Bohemians and
Their Rhapsodies on May 2 & 3. These concerts will take place at 8 p.m.
on Fridays and Saturdays at the Civic Center Theatre located at Mac Davis Lane and
Avenue O.
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